BB5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Accrington and Oswaldtwistle, in Hyndburn.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BB5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in BB5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BB5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BB5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BB5 at a rate of 135.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across the BB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 767 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BB5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,421), anti-social behaviour (1,870) and other crime (1,244).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BB5 was 141.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BB5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BB5 has no single figure. Of its 39 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BB5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyndburn 002A | 1,439 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Hyndburn 002B | 2,249 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.9% |
| Hyndburn 002C | 1,758 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| Hyndburn 002D | 1,468 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.1% |
| Hyndburn 002E | 1,504 | 247.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Hyndburn 002F | 1,533 | 156.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.8% |
| Hyndburn 002G | 1,531 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.3% |
| Hyndburn 004A | 1,647 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
| Hyndburn 004B | 1,519 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Hyndburn 004C | 1,642 | 163.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Hyndburn 004D | 1,432 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Hyndburn 004E | 1,816 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Hyndburn 004F | 1,488 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Hyndburn 004G | 1,563 | 275.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.1% |
| Hyndburn 004H | 1,403 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Hyndburn 005A | 1,223 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Hyndburn 005B | 1,228 | 207.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| Hyndburn 005C | 1,280 | 163.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Hyndburn 005D | 1,608 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Hyndburn 006A | 1,710 | 494.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Hyndburn 006B | 2,392 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Hyndburn 006E | 1,704 | 125.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Hyndburn 006F | 2,131 | 138.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Hyndburn 006G | 1,751 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Hyndburn 006I | 1,701 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Hyndburn 006J | 2,025 | 172.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Hyndburn 007A | 1,446 | 146.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Hyndburn 007B | 1,742 | 151.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Hyndburn 007C | 1,256 | 246.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Hyndburn 007D | 1,424 | 100.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Hyndburn 007E | 1,421 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Hyndburn 008A | 1,404 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.6% |
| Hyndburn 008B | 1,718 | 470.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.8% |
| Hyndburn 008C | 1,585 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Hyndburn 008D | 1,310 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Hyndburn 008E | 1,182 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.4% |
| Hyndburn 008F | 1,438 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Hyndburn 009A | 1,566 | 126.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.1% |
| Hyndburn 009B | 1,287 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
Your MP
- Sarah SmithLabourMP for Hyndburn
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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BB5 in brief
BB5 is a postcode district covering Accrington and Oswaldtwistle, in Hyndburn.
About 65,798 people lived in BB5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £138,000 in 2025 across 865 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 135.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BB5 was £138,000 in 2025.
BB5 had 62,818 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in BB5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BB5, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.